Lee anderson



(No Modem l .,L. ANDERSON. TOP PROP.

, N0.H428,06O. Patented May) 20, 1890.`

Nit. @rares arrivi @errent LEE ANUERSON, OF PARIS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF TIVO-TIIIRDS TO THOMAS BROAD, JOHN MARTI I, AND'. LEMUEL P. HARRISON, OF SAME PLACE.

TOPWPROP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters 'Patent No. 428,060, dated May 20, 1390. i

Application led March 3, 1890. Serial No. 342,411. (Nomodel.)

To all` whom 25, may concern: T-li/ead o, which, as shown in Fig. 4, is designed Be it known that I, LEE ANDERSON, a citito work back and forth in the slot J o f arm E' zen of the United States, residing at Paris, as the top is raised and lowered, and the arm, in the county of Lamar and State of Texas, or section M is provided with a longitudinal 55 5 haveinvented-certainnew andusefulImprove slot d to receive a bolt or stud c, projecting mentsin Top-Props, of which the followingis from the upper or outer end of the arm E, so aspecification. that when the top is lowered-or closed, as My invention relates to top-props for earshown in Fig. 2,1he two parts L and M of the riages; and it consistsin various features and arm F will fold upon each other into compact 6o ro details hereinafter set, forth and claimed. form.

Inthe drawings, Figurel isaside elevation The arm E will be provided at its upper of a buggy-top provided with my improved end with a series of holes or perforations f, ,top and support; Fig. 2, a side View showing Fig. 2, in order that the position of the boltthe top folded down or closed, and Figs. 3 'or stud e may be changed. The manner. of 65 i5 and 4 detailed views ofthe top prop and suppivoting or securing the arm E upon the stem port G of the shifting-rail maybe varied consider- A indicates the shifting-rail of the carriage, ably without in any manner departing from to which are pivoted the bows B B of the the spirit of my invention. v cover C. s Having thus described my in ventiolnwvliati 7c 2e D'indicates'my improved support and prop claim is- W* as a; whole, the said support comprising a l. In combination with the arm E, plate II, main' arm E and a jointed su pplemental arm provided with an inwardlyextending rigid -F, the former being designed to be applied to arm I, substantially as and for the purpose ,a stud G projecting from theshifting-rail, set forth. 4 75 25 While the latter is adapted to be connected at 2. In combination with arm E,haviug perits outer end with oneof the bowsyof the carforations a and slot J, plate H, provided with riage-topal arm I, pin l), and bolt K, and arms L and M, Applied to the out-er face of the arni E is a secured, respectively, to the arm E and the plate H, having a laterallylprojecting arm I, carriage-top, and connected to each other. 8c

3o which is designed to project through a slot .I 3. In combination with an arm E, pivoted in the arm E, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and to a fixed part of the carriage, an arm F, 4. This plate is clamped to the arm E by -cured to the carriage-top and adaptedto move means of a bolt and nut or equivalent fastenor slide upon the arm E, substantially as shoun ing device K, which passes through the slot and described. 85 35 J, as shown in Fig. 4, and to guard against 4. In combination with an arm E, pivoted the slipping of the 'plate upon or with referto a fixed part of the carriage, an arm F, se. ence to the arm E the latter is provided with cured to the carriage-top and adapted to slide a series of holes'or perforations ay to receiveA er move upon the arm E, and comprising two a pin or stud b, projecting from theinnerface hinged or pivoted sections L and M, all sub- 9o 4o of the plate H, as shownin Fig. 4. From this stantially as shown. construction it Will be seen that the plate H 5. In combination with the arm E, provided and the arm-I carried thereby may be moved with' a slot J 'and a bolt or stud e, the hinged nearer to Aor farther from theinner end of the or pivoted sections L and M, provided, rearm E, so that'the arm Emayrsupportm spectively, with bolt c and slot d.

45 carriage-bows at a point nearer to or farther In witness whereofl I hereunto set my hand l from their pivot, and While capable of this in the presence of two witnesses. adjustment it is also-so constructed as to be rigidly fixed in any of its adjusted positions. LEE ANDEISON The jointedarxn F comprises two sections INitnesses: 5o L and M of about the saine length. Section CLARENCE HANCOCK,

Lis provided at its inner end with a stud or R. J. PArToN. 

